Trailer: “Nuwebe” Cinemalaya 2013 Movie Entry

Director Joseph Israel Laban got the idea for his movie after doing a documentary for GMA News TV’s Front Row. He served as the managing producer of the said project, which featured the youngest mother in the Philippines who got pregnant at the tender age of nine and gave birth when she was ten years old.

“Nuwebe” is the story of Krista who at the tender age of 9 got pregnant from the sexual abuse perpetrated by her own father. Her story is complex. Krista refuses to see herself as a victim. With an almost documentary style, “Nuwebe” follows Krista’s story as she demonstrates a level of resilience uncommon for her age. Her mother, on the other hand, is torn between her love for her child and her love for her husband.

GMA-7 child star Barbara Miguel is cast as Krista, the young girl who was raped by her own father. She even shot a birthing scene for this movie.

Jake Cuenca portrays abusive father named Moises while Nadine Samonte plays Dolores, the mother who is torn between her love for her child and her love for her husband.

Moises is incarcerated when a rape case is filed against him. Dolores initially could not believe that her pre-teen daughter is conceiving and that her husband abused their own daughter.